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GPT-4 Turbo vs Kimi K2.6

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 4 shared benchmark results across 2 categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

26/100
Margin
48.0pts
winning →
Moonshot AI
74/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: GPT-4 Turbo unranked; Kimi K2.6 #13

Evidence parity. GPT-4 Turbo and Kimi K2.6 share 4 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to GPT-4 Turbo; 56 to Kimi K2.6.

Updated July 13, 2026
Shared results
4
GPT-4 Turbo only
0
Kimi K2.6 only
56
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for GPT-4 Turbo and Kimi K2.6 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 4 shared benchmark results across 2 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

GPT-4 Turbo is priced at $10.00 input / $30.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens for Kimi K2.6. Kimi K2.6 has the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for GPT-4 Turbo.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for GPT-4 Turbo and Kimi K2.6
CategoryGPT-4 TurboΔKimi K2.6
AgenticGPT-4 TurboNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.673.5
CodingGPT-4 TurboNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.672.6
KnowledgeGPT-4 TurboNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.642.2
MathGPT-4 TurboNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.667.1
MultimodalGPT-4 TurboNot measuredMarginNo overlapKimi K2.679.8

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGPT-4 TurboKimi K2.6Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGPT-4 Turbo$10 input / $30 outputKimi K2.6$0.95 input / $4 outputKimi K2.6 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGPT-4 Turbo30 tok/sKimi K2.6Not availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGPT-4 Turbo2.84 sKimi K2.6Not availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGPT-4 Turbo128KKimi K2.6256KKimi K2.6 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboKimi K2.6Result
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 66.7%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 83.2%Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 73.1%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 50%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 55.9%Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 62.3%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 92.5%Not comparable
WideResearchSource 80.8%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 30.3%Not comparable
Tau2-TelecomSource 95.9%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 34.5%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1190Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 28.5%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 56.82%Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource 18.0%Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 4.6%Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 809Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 19.6%Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 38.5%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 0.0%Not comparable
AA ITBenchSource 31.2%Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 20.6%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboKimi K2.6Result
AA Coding IndexSource 21.5%61.8%Kimi K2.6 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 31.9%53.5%Kimi K2.6 leads
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 80.2%Not comparable
LiveCodeBenchSource 89.6%Not comparable
LiveCodeBench v6Source 89.6%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 58.6%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 76.7%Not comparable
SciCodeSource 52.2%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 66.7%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 37.89%Not comparable
cursorBench31Source 47.6%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench HardSource 43.9%Not comparable
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Source 65.9%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboKimi K2.6Result
AA-LCRSource 69.7%Not comparable
CritPtSource 8.0%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboKimi K2.6Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 7.9%44.2%Kimi K2.6 leads
AA-HLESource 3.3%35.9%Kimi K2.6 leads
GPQASource 90.5%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 90.5%Not comparable
HLESource 34.7%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 91.1%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 6.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 32.8%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 39.3%Not comparable
AA Openness IndexSource 33.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboKimi K2.6Result
AIME26Source 96.4%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source 92.7%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource 86.0%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 38.966%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 14.580%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboKimi K2.6Result
MMMU-ProSource 79.4%Not comparable
MMMU-Pro w/ PythonSource 80.1%Not comparable
CharXivSource 80.4%Not comparable
MathVisionSource 87.4%Not comparable
V*Source 96.9%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 79.4%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1318Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboKimi K2.6Result
AA-IFBenchSource 76.0%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare GPT-4 Turbo and Kimi K2.6 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for GPT-4 Turbo and Kimi K2.6 today?

GPT-4 Turbo: $10.00 input / $30.00 output per 1M tokens Kimi K2.6: $0.95 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

GPT-4 Turbo
API / mo$30,000
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Kimi K2.6
API / mo$3,713
Self-host / mo$18,221
Break-even326M/day
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 13, 2026

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